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RACE TO THE FINISH - Junior Grace Bruckner rushes towards the finish line in one of her events. She also ran in the 4x200m relay, which finished fifth.

Girls’ Track Places Third at Denison

Kennedy Goergen and Mia Trotter April 2, 2019

The Trojan Girls' Track & Field Team finished third at their first outdoor track meet in Denison on Tuesday, March 26, just 0.5 points away from taking home second place. The team also came home with...

GETTING STARTED - the Trojan girls track team smiles on the infield of the indoor track at Iowa State. The first two meets of the season proved successful for many members of the team.

Trojan Girls’ Track Starts Off the Season Right

Kennedy Goergen and Mia Trotter March 23, 2019

Saturday, March 16, the Atlantic Girls Track & Field team traveled to Northwest Missouri State. Sophomore Haley Rasmussen said it was “a good start to the season across the boards." Rasmussen placed...

Girls Track Returns to the Blue Oval

Girls’ Track Returns to the Blue Oval

Ashley Wendt May 22, 2018

Take back the track: that was the motto for the girls' track team this season and that's exactly what they did. Senior Jessica Hartwig, junior Taylor Hansen, and freshmen Alyssa Derby, Haley Rasmussen...

Trojan Runners Make History at State Track

Trojan Runners Make History at State Track

Ashley Wendt May 21, 2018

Five broken records, five State champions, eight medal earning times and a runner-up team finish. The Trojan boys' track team had a busy and successful weekend at the Iowa High School State track meet...

Trojan Track Hosts District Qualifier

Trojan Track Hosts District Qualifier

Dillon Sonntag and John McConkey May 11, 2018

Runners to your marks. Get set. Go! Several events for the boys' and girls' track teams are on their way to the Blue Oval after a successful State qualifying meet held at home on Thursday, May 10. The...

Trojan Boys Track Wins Conference, Girls Take Fifth

Trojan Boys’ Track Wins Conference, Girls’ Take Fifth

John McConkey, Editor May 10, 2018

Last night, the Atlantic boys track team captured its first Hawkeye 10 conference title since 2009, edging out Lewis Central in the final race of the night. They were aided by taking home gold in eight...

Trojan Track Runs Well at Trojan Relays

Trojan Track Runs Well at Trojan Relays

Dillon Sonntag and John McConkey May 1, 2018

On Monday, April 30, the girls' and boys' track teams competed at home for the Trojan Relays. The boys won with 144 points and the girls placed 2nd with 95 points. Trojan Track & Field seniors were...

SAY CHEESE - Members of girls track grin for a picture at the 2017 Denison meet. Times have been improving in many events this season.

Taking Back the Track

Aleigh Bean April 24, 2018

Nine senior girls are out for track this year: Sydney Bean, Charity Williams, Sidney Svoboda, Cheyenne Elliott, Morgan Altman, Jessica Hartwig, Kylie Proehl, Haley Engler and Cora Zikuda. Svoboda and Elliots...

Coach and weights teacher Ryan Henderson is in his second year at AHS.

New Coaches Impact AHS

Grace Bruckner and Kelsie Siedlik November 8, 2017

This 2017-2018 school year has brought new coaches to the AHS cross country team and girls track team. Former coach Paul Iekel resigned as the coach in both cross country and girls track due to another...

Girls Track RECAP @ Denison 03.28.17

Cody Buchman, Sports Editor March 30, 2017

Tuesday night both the boys and girls Atlantic track teams traveled to Denison for the Hawkeye 10 North meet. The meet was hosted by Denison-Schleswig and consisted of 6 teams from the north division of...

Girls Track PREVIEW @ Denison

Cody Buchman, Sports Editor March 28, 2017

Tuesday afternoon both the Atlantic track teams will be headed to Denison for the Hawkeye 10 North meet. The girls recently completed their indoor track season last Saturday at Graceland University. The...

Eye of the Needle – May 19, 2016

Alexis Handle, Shelby Pelzer, and Kylie Proehl May 20, 2016

AHS Journalism presents the final EON episode of the 2015-16 school year. Check out Kaylee Pappal's editorial cartoon here. Stories include the following: Boys' tennis doubles advance to Regionals....

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